The Board of Voter Registration and Elections of York County is opening absentee voting hours 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday until Oct. 16 for City of Rock Hill elections. The official Election Day is Oct. 17. Herald file photo

The Board of Voter Registration and Elections of York County is opening absentee voting hours 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday until Oct. 16 for City of Rock Hill elections. The official Election Day is Oct. 17. Herald file photo

Rock Hill residents can vote absentee starting this week for the city’s mayor and city council elections.

Absentee voting for Rock Hill’s mayor and city council seats in Ward 4, 5 and 6 is open 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday until Oct. 16 at the Office of the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of York County at 13 S. Congress St., York. The official Election Day is Oct. 17.

Voters must bring one of the following photo identifications:

▪ S.C. driver’s license

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Write-in filing

The write-in filing period for all York County municipal elections ends Sept. 22.

According to state law, should only one person file for an office up for election and no other person files a declaration to be a write-in candidate within 14 days after filing closes, the sole candidate who filed for that office would be declared the winner.

At the end of filing, there was no competition in elections for

▪ Town of Fort Mill Ward 1

▪ City of York Wards 5 and 6

▪ Town of Hickory Grove

▪ Town of McConnells

To file as a write-in, candidates must declare by 5 p.m. Sept. 22 at the elections office in York.

For any municipal office with competition, other than the city of Rock Hill, elections are 7a.m.-7 p.m. Nov. 7.